The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-21
EPISC0PALIANS SH0CKEI
CHRISTS PERSONALITY ON THJ
ALTAR DENIED.

Worship in This Belief Declared a Bias
phemous Denial of Incarnation and
Idolatry Most Awful-Presbyter
Dealing With Several Knotty Churcl
Problems.
OMAHA, NEB., May 20.-Rev. w. O
Pearson preached the convention sermon o
the Diocesan Council of the Episcopal
Church last evening and caused sensation
He said that attempts had been made in th
name of Catholicity to foist upon the churcI
the doctrine of Christ himself upon thi
altar in bread and wine by those who fail Il
see that if it were really true that Christi
body and blood were upon the altar worship
of them would be blasphemous denial o
the incarnation and idolatry more awfu
than any that could be conceived. Rev J
Williams, of st. Barnabus church, Omaha
withdrew, saying that the speaker had m
suited members of the congregation by de-
nouncing as idolatrous points of belief held
by them as most sacred features of re
ligion. The utmost commotion prevail
among churchmen.
RECOMMEND FRATERNAL RELATIONS.
ST. LOUIS, May 20.-The Southern Pres
byterian General Assembly reconvened to
nounced his committees. Overtures werl
read, sent up by Presbyteries, favoring and
opposing organic union, or closer relation
ship with the Presbyterian church of thu
United States (the Northern church,. Com
munications on the subject were also re
ceived from the NGrthern Church Genera
Assembly now in session at Omaha. The
reports Of the Executive Committee vert
received. ..s5
RECOMMEND CLOSER RELATIONS.
The papers in the case of Robertson ver
sus the synods of North Carolina-the evo
luton heresy matter---were given in charU
of the judicial Committee.
The Second church of Philadelphia in
vited the members of the assembly TO at
tend the celebration of the first Presbyto
rian centennial in Philadelphia.
The moderator of the Northern ChurcI
General Assembly conveyed in a lettei
the fraternal greeting of thai
body and declared sympathy IN
the plan for a closer fellowship and desiring
to cooperate with the Southern church will
regard to the unity Of work in missions
both foreign and home.
The trustees of the Columbia Theological
Seminary, South Carolina, reported thai
owing to the virulence of the evolution con
troversy the seminary had been closed for
year.
Inc JUDICIAL AOulnllLIee reCOlnneuuee
changes in the church law that would give
ruling elders right TO preside over ths
meetings of Pfesbyteries as moderatofs.
A plan of union Of the Presbyterian
churches of the empire of Brazil, proposed
that the churches form national synod a;
Rio Janeiro, which shall have power b
divide Brazil into three Presbyteries.
MISSION WORK IN CHILL AND JAPAN.
The Committee on Foreign Missions d
their report decided TO extend the work il
Chill and Japan instead of paying am
further attention to Brazil, because the big
otry of Brazil rendered conversions almoa
impossible. The Mexican Indians objected
to any transfer of their work TO the Homl
Missions Committee, on the ground that thii
would be an entering wedge to splitting VI
their life as a nation and annexing them tt
the United States.
There were large number of communt
cations from different Presbyteries on thu
subject of an organic union with thu
Northern church. The Mission Synod be-
lieves that the church should be non-pnliti,
cal, and advocated a union OF the Assem-
blies.
Several communications were received
opposing union on the ground that the diff
Guilty would be with the colored ea
ment. They felt that it would b,
dangerous to mingle with the colofee
element They also felt that it would bs
dangerous to miffgle with the colored chill
dren in the schools. j. j. Ballock, j. A.
Lefevre, p. G. Feruois and j. +. Anderson
communicated their declination of re-eleo
tion as members of the Foreign Mission
Executive Committee